Chapter 549: It's hard to eat alone
After learning the truth from the mouth of the love general Ma Yutang, Fan Yunde did not dare to slack off, and immediately sent someone to Yuncao Town to contact Shi Dakai as soon as possible, reporting the progress of the fraudulent surrender, and also detailing Ma Yutang's loyalty to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
Fan Yunde's report of course made Shi Dakai overjoyed, in addition to praising Fan Yunde's ability to do things and Ma Yutang's loyalty, and rewarding him heavily, and at the same time, with the help of Zhang Suimou and Zeng Jinqian and other strategists, he quickly formulated an ambush plan, and decided to transfer the elite from the Yuncao camp to the west, arrange an ambush trap on the battlefield of Wuwei, and wait for the southwest Wu army to drill. At the same time, in order to facilitate command, Shi Dakai also decided to personally lead the main force of the Chinese army to the front line to command the operation.
Shi Dakai's plan was resolutely opposed by the love general Chen Yucheng, Chen Yucheng warned: "Yiwang, although the Wuwei battlefield is important, but the Yuncao battalion is more important to us, my elite soldiers are already not many, if most of them are transferred to the Wuwei battlefield, what if the demon soldiers in Wuhu Cao Yanzhong take the opportunity to sneak attack?" At that time, once the Yuncao battalion is in an emergency, we will immediately be in a dilemma, if we don't come back to rescue Yuncao, it will be difficult to protect, and if we return to the division of Yuncao, it will be equivalent to turning around and letting the demon soldier Feng Sanbao kick our ass, there is a danger of being caught by the demon soldiers, and the consequences are even more unpredictable. ”
After careful analysis, it was found that Chen Yucheng's warning was not unreasonable, but after thinking about it in detail, Shi Dakai shook his head and said: "Although your words are reasonable, but if the demon soldiers want to do this, in addition to closely cooperating and agreeing in advance, they must also first see through Qi Tianhou's deception plan, as long as the demon soldiers don't see through our plan, even if we transfer the main elite to the western front, Yuncao Town can be as stable as Mount Tai." ”
"But what if the demon soldiers see through Qi Tianhou's deception?" Chen Yucheng insisted, and warned again: "If we take a defensive position, then even if Feng Sanbao and Cao Yanzhong's two demon soldiers land on the north shore together, we still have the strength to fight, but if we risk leaving the city camp to fight with the demon soldiers, if there is a slight accident, then the consequences will be unimaginable?" ”
"Cheng Tian, according to what you say, our Heavenly Army can only hide in the city camp and not fight back?" Shi Dakai said in a displeased tone: "Just defend without fighting and give up the initiative, how can we relieve the siege of Taiping Mansion?" And how to prevent the demon soldiers from continuing to advance along the west of the river, directly threatening the safety of the Heavenly King and Tianjing? ”
"The last general will not dare." Chen Yucheng hurriedly pleaded guilty, and said: "But we only defend without fighting, not only is it safe, but it can also effectively contain the two main forces of the demon soldiers, so that they don't dare to go east to threaten Tianjing?" ”
"Needless to say, fighting a war is an adventure." Shi Dakai waved his hand arbitrarily and said, "Let's not say that we can closely monitor the Wuhu demon soldiers to prevent them from suddenly sending troops. Even if the Wuhu demon soldiers secretly prepare to send troops to cross the river suddenly, Yuncao is not too far away from Wuwei, and we can come back immediately to rescue the Yuncao camp. That's it, I have to say more. ”
Seeing that Shi Dakai had made up his mind, Chen Yucheng didn't dare to say anything, so he could only sigh in his heart: "I hope that the demon soldiers have not been able to see through Qi Tianhou's deception, otherwise, our main force in Anhui will be in danger." ”
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Without God's perspective, Chen Yucheng of course didn't know that he was blindly worried, because the interior of the Wu army was not completely monolithic, and there was also a cruel competitive relationship, so after Wang Shiduo returned to Feng Sanbao's army with the secrets leaked by Ma Yutang, Feng Sanbao's department, which had already set off from Tongling and continued to advance eastward, immediately decided to eat this solitary meal when he had already gained the advantage of the prophet, and did not plan to inform the friendly army Cao Yanzhong in advance, giving the stronger Wu army Cao Yanzhong a chance to take the opportunity to grab the credit.
In addition, there is also a very key reason that Feng Sanbao's department has come all the way and does not know the specific situation of Shi Dakai's main force, so Feng Sanbao, Li Hezhang and others have not considered letting Cao Yanzhong take the opportunity to send troops to Cao Town, but they just decided to plan and fight this inaction battle alone......
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On the morning of the next day, the main force of Feng Sanbao's department arrived at the Nixi River twenty miles south of Wuwei City, and immediately launched an attack on the Nixi River wharf controlled by the Taiping Army according to the agreement.
After confirming this, the Taiping scouts who were lurking nearby to spy on the movements of the Wu army did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly rushed to the ambush position of the Taiping army to report the news to Shi Dakai, who was on the front line to command the battle. Shi Dakai heard the news of great joy and hurriedly sent a signal to let the Taiping army ambush prepare for battle, and patiently wait for the Wu army to step into the ambush circle. However, what Shi Dakai never expected was that the soldiers on the Wu army's troop transport fleet were still landing in an endless stream, and while quickly clearing the perimeter, they quickly arranged a battle position within the cover range of the naval division's artillery fire.
About an hour later, the front of the Wu army successfully arrived at the city of Wuwei, the Wuwei Taiping army was first under the leadership of Fan Yunde according to the agreement to open four gates, and at the same time in the city to shoot cannons, light the firewood to forge the illusion of civil strife, and then Fan Yunde sent a messenger out of the city in a hurry, to the Wu army who came to take over the city said that there were a large number of Taiping soldiers in the city who were not convinced, and refused to surrender to the Wu army, Fan Yunde was difficult to control, so he could only ask the Wu army to enter the city to help suppress it.
"What do you eat in the weather? Why can't even the army be controlled? After first reprimanding Fan Yunde's envoy, the general of the Wu army who led the team raised his binoculars to observe the situation in Wuwei City, and then shouted at Fan Yunde's envoy: "Go and tell Fan Yunde to fight first, and I will see the situation and then organize a commando team to enter the city." ”
Failed to deceive the Wu army to immediately enter the city and step into the first encirclement, the envoy could only hurry back to the city to report the situation to Fan Yunde, Fan Yunde listened to the scolding of the Wu army for treachery, but there was nothing to do, he could only command the army to continue to shoot into the sky, set fire to the houses to continue to fake the illusion of civil strife, and further lure the Wu army into the city. However, it is a pity that almost half an hour has passed, and Wu Jun is still standing still outside the city, sensing that the situation is not right, Fan Yunde can only activate the backup plan, while sending a signal to inform Shi Da to make a move, while personally leading the elite in the city to attack the city, in a vain attempt to kill Wu Jun by surprise.
Of course, Fan Yunde's reaction speed of the Wu army was taken aback, just saw the Taiping army out of the city, and the Wu army outside the city immediately turned around and ran back and forth, and it was difficult for the Taiping army to chase after it, so naturally it could not receive the effect of the surprise attack, so it could only follow the Wu army's ass from a distance and eat ashes, and at the same time, the Taiping army that suddenly killed from the left and right flanks could not quickly close the encirclement and cut off the Wu army's return route, and they could only chase the Wu army closely.
Fortunately, this is the home of the Taiping Army after all, whether it is Fan Yunde or Shi Dakai, they don't have to worry about being ambushed by the Wu army, and they are not willing to chase after the Wu army, and they are gradually led to the vicinity of the muddy river wharf. And then, a more realistic performance appeared, the Wu army on the dock seemed to be caught off guard by the Taiping army, shouting and screaming just to fight to get on the boat, and the soldiers of the Wu army who fled south in a hurry also shouted, insisting that the army had been ambushed by the Taiping army.
Deceived by Wu Jun's acting skills, the fastest chasing Taiping Army Wu Dinggui Department crashed headlong into the Wu Army's blocking position, the Wu Army officers and soldiers who had been gathering momentum for a long time immediately lifted their camouflage and attacked the Taiping Army with intensive firepower, and at the same time, the Wu Army Naval Division, which seemed to be unprepared before, suddenly opened fire together, pouring fierce artillery fire on the Taiping Army's ranks, and the Taiping Army was caught off guard, and was immediately hit with heavy casualties, and suddenly there was a big chaos.
"Hit the mark! The demon soldiers have been prepared for a long time, waiting for us to send them to their deaths! Ordered the whole army to form a crab formation on the spot to meet the battle, and those who retreated without an order were immediately beheaded! ”
Shi Dakai is Shi Dakai after all, and found that he could still remain calm enough after being fooled by the army, and did not immediately order a retreat, and hastily withdrew to give the Wu army the best opportunity to counterattack, so he decisively chose to let the army meet on the spot, first block the counterattack of the Wu army and then retreat calmly. Not to mention the result, because the Taiping army involved in this battle was absolutely elite, although the matter was hasty, the order issued by Shi Dakai was immediately implemented, and all units of the Taiping army immediately lined up a balanced crab formation on the spot, and no army fled in a hurry, nor did it give the Wu army a chance to pursue and disperse the enemy.
is already a veteran of the battlefield, after seeing Shi Dakai's decisive choice, Feng Sanbao immediately understood that today's battle would not be easy, and even if he couldn't lose, it would be difficult to achieve much victory. But Feng Sanbao also refused to give up, gritted his teeth and simply threw himself into the personal military camp of Wu Chaoyue, the magic weapon of the Wu army that his son-in-law lent him, and directly launched a counterattack with the strongest elite, striving to defeat the enemy and get a chance of victory.
It's a pity that no matter how powerful Wu Chaoyue's pro-military camp is, Henry's serial spears are sixteen consecutive shots, and there is no way to directly defeat the Taiping army that is determined to stand firm, even if it is hit by Henry's serial guns and suffered heavy casualties, it is also under the bombardment of the Wu army's grenadiers, and the crab formation hastily formed by the Taiping army is still not broken, but under the command of Shi Dakai, they fought and retreated, maintaining a strict formation and retreating calmly. Feng Sanbao, who did not give up, once again threw his troops into the charge, but still failed to defeat the Taiping army, on the contrary, he was killed and wounded by the Taiping army's platoon guns, and many Wu soldiers were wounded.
Seeing this scene, Feng Sanbao also accepted his fate, and said to Li Hezhang very helplessly: "I still underestimate some Shi Dakai's long-haired man, and the battle has not broken up at this point, and we may not be able to get many long-haired heads today." ”
"Uncle, can you let King Zhennan's personal barracks intersperse detours to cut off the retreat of Long Hair?" Li Hezhang did not give up and proposed: "As long as they succeed in penetrating, we will pursue it with all our might, and there may be hope to defeat Changmao." ”
Looking at the surrounding terrain that was too open and flat, Feng Sanbao shook his head helplessly, and said: "The terrain is too open, and the strength of the Zhennan King's personal barracks is too small, even if the interspersed is successful, Long Mao can easily bypass their position." ”
Li Hezhang sighed, and was about to accept his fate with Feng Sanbao, but unexpectedly, a personal soldier came to report from behind, saying that there was an envoy from the Cao Yanzhong Corps of the Wu Army who came to see Feng Sanbao, and said that there was an urgent matter of 100,000, and he wanted to ask Feng Sanbao to meet immediately. Then soon, a civilian official of the Wu army was led in front of Feng Sanbao, and he saluted Feng Sanbao respectfully and said: "In Xia Wu Guanli, I am currently serving in the shogunate of Cao Yanzhong and Cao Junmen, and I am ordered by Cao Junmen to visit Feng Junmen and ask for peace with the military gate." ”
"No courtesy." Feng Sanbao waved his hand and asked, "Mr. Wu, what is the matter with Cao Junmen sending you?" ”
"Cao Junmen asked Feng Junmen to pursue calmly, don't be in a hurry, it won't take long for Shi Dakai to collapse on its own." Wu Guanli replied respectfully, and took out a letter written by Cao Yanzhong and presented it to Feng Sanbao.
"Shi Dakai will collapse on its own after a while, what do you mean?" Feng Sanbao asked in surprise.
"Because just when Feng Junmen landed on the shore to lure the enemy, our Cao Junmen had already personally led the main force of the department to cross the Yangtze River, and took advantage of the weakness to raid the main force of Changmao's main operation Caozhen." Wu Guanli smiled and explained: "If nothing else, it won't take long for Shi Da Changmao to know that his backyard has caught fire, and when the time comes, you don't need General Feng to attack with your strength, Changmao himself will be in chaos, if you don't hurry back to the army to save Yun Cao, it will be dead, and if you hurry back to the army to save Yun Cao, you will also die." ”
Feng Sanbao and Li Hezhang were stunned together, and only after a while did they exclaim together and ask, "You have already taken the opportunity to send troops to raid the main camp of Long Mao?" ”
"Back to Feng Junmen, it's true." Wu Guanli nodded with a smile, and said with a relaxed smile: "Cao Junmen also wants to humbly thank you Feng Junmen for him, if Feng Junmen you lure Shi Dakai's main force elite here, even if we suddenly send troops, we are not much sure that we will be able to take the heavy land in one battle." ”
"Mr. Wu, what do you mean by that?" Li Hezhang asked in surprise, "What's the matter?" How come it is that you seem to have known our tactical plan for a long time, and you have known for a long time that the main elite of Longhair will be lured here by us? ”
"Not bad." Wu Guanli nodded calmly, and said with a smile: "Don't dare to deceive Feng Junmen, according to the calculation of time, our Cao Junmen actually knew earlier than you that Changmao would arrange an ambush on the battlefield of Wuwei and set a trap for you to drill." He also knew for a long time that Feng Junmen would definitely make a plan, and in turn lead the snake out of the hole and lure the long hair to the muddy river wharf to clean up. ”
"Cao Yanzhong is an immortal? Foresee? How do you know in such detail? Did you know before we did? Feng Sanbao asked in surprise.
"Feng Junmen said with a smile, what kind of unpredictable prophet skills do we have in Cao Junmen?" Wu Guanli finally laughed out loud, and said with a smile: "Our Cao Junmen just secretly recruited General Ma Yutang Ma early on, and it was General Ma who quietly told us about Cao Junmen, saying that you also sent someone to recruit him, and it was he who told us that he had leaked the matter of the long-haired Fan Yunde's fraudulent surrender to Feng Junmen, your envoy. But we waited left and right, and we never waited for Feng Junmen to send someone to inform us of the news, so we Cao Junmen concluded that Feng Junmen must be planning to eat ......alone in the muddy river. ”
"Oh no." Finding that he had slipped his mouth, Wu Guanli hurriedly slapped himself, and then said: "Damn it, you are planning in the muddy river, and in turn set a trap for the long-haired drill." Therefore, Cao Junmen calculated and calculated, and arranged a plan to take advantage of the situation to raid the main camp of Changmao. ”
Feng Sanbao and Li Hezhang suddenly realized together, and they were also silent together, and after a while, Feng Sanbao asked, "You have already recruited Ma Yutang?" How did you surrender? ”
"Back to Feng Junmen, like you, he also uses his wife." Wu Guanli replied with a smile: "Anqing City was broken by Cao Junmen led by the army, although he was busy with military affairs at that time, he still sent someone to carefully interrogate the captured long-haired family, and found that he accidentally caught a very useful prisoner, and then after arriving in Wuhu, he quickly found a way to get in touch with General Ma, General Ma, who is not only a beloved wife, but also has the intention of surrendering to our king of Zhennan, so he has already quietly surrendered to our Cao Junmen. ”
Feng Sanbao and Li Hezhang were even more speechless, and only after a while did they scold in unison: "Raised by a bitch!" Selling long hair is really simple! ”